Would the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite alone have determined whether global warming was happening?
His PR concept was sound: to show the people of the world what Planet Earth looked like, in real time on the Internet, at every minute of the day. This he would accomplish by having a satellite take continuous pictures of Earth’s entire sunlit facade from deep space. “This new satellite…will allow people around the globe to gaze at our planet as it travels in its orbit around the sun for the first time in history,” Gore explained. Though the satellite was built after being enhanced with monitoring instruments that would allow it to collect useful information, it became controversial due to its cost and questions about its scientific merit. The Bush Administration shelved it before it could be launched. The Obama Administration revived the Triana (also known as the Gorecam and the Goresat) in November 2008. The refrigerator-sized satellite may now be launched as soon as 2013. The Triana was never intended to make a fundamental determination about global warming. NASA expected the Tria
